# The Pyramid of Knowledge — or How to Make Better Decisions
Someone once wrote that the problem with life is that it only happens once. It’s like an improvised theater.
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Someone once wrote that the problem with life is that it only happens once. It’s like an improvised theater.
I believe game design might be the most complete art form of our time. Writers, directors, and composers are also experience designers. But games seem to reach deeper parts of me.
In this post, you’ll read about the Game of Life and get to know the famous British mathematician John Conway. At the end, we’ll explore a fun simulation of the Game of Life modeled on revolution and political polarization.
The parallel postulate… In ancient times, it was the final riddle—one that must have consumed Greek mathematics long before Euclid. — Hans Freudenthal
Reductio ad absurdum… is a subtler move than any in chess: the chess player might sacrifice a pawn, even a piece, for the sake of the game—but the mathematician sacrifices the game itself.